Thread Of Original Old Bicycle Photos Only -- No Discussion Please!

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'Tommy' already had a horse in 1951. Then, the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper gave him this new bike on Dec. 19, six days before Christmas, doubling his pleasure.

(USC Digital Library.)

 

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1940 Huffman, with single-flex springer. (A Book on Huffman Built Bicycles.)

 

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The sidesaddle approach to a high-speed machine. (Los Angeles Public Library, and CaliSphere.)

 

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Fuel oil lantern.

(Sacramento Bee newspaper collection, Center for Sacramento History, and CaliSphere.)

 

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A policeman repairs the front brake on a boy's ride, about 1975. (Center for Sacramento History, and CaliSphere.)

 

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1940 Firestone Twin-Flex, built by Huffman.

 

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The Huffy Good Vibrations is the last 26-by-2.125-tire bike made by the company. Later Huffy balloon machines switched to 2.0-tire widths.

(A Book on Huffman Built Bicycles.)

 

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Bicycles, tires, chainrings, cranks, tools, and pennants compete for space in this California repair shop, 1915.

(History San Jose Research Library, and CaliSphere.)

 

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Jim Haynes repaired bikes and motorcycles (including Harleys), and sold Goodrich tires, gasoline, grease, and Havoline oil.

He's standing near the entrance of his shop in Fillmore, Calif., between Santa Barbara and Santa Clarita. (Museum of Ventura County, and CaliSphere.)